Alexander Contee Hanson

Alexander Contee Hanson (27 February 1786-23 April 1819) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district from 4 March 1813 to 1816 (succeeding Philip Barton Key and preceding George Peter), and a US Senator from 20 December 1816 to 23 April 1819 (succeeding Robert Goodloe Harper and preceding William Pinkney). He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Alexander Contee Hanson was born in Annapolis, Maryland in 1786, the grandson of Continental Congress president John Hanson. He became a lawyer, and he served in the House of Delegates from 1811 to 1815. He also served in the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1816 and in the US Senate from 1816 until his death in 1819. During the War of 1812, Hanson - a member of the Federalist Party - denounced President James Madison's administration, leading to a mob destroying Hanson's office, Hanson and his associates killing two mob members during another assault six days later, and Hanson being beaten and left for dead when the mob stormed the jail where he was held.